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The adolescent child needs our guidance to reassure her thatà there is nothing wrong with her feeling these sexual emotions. She needs to be reassured that she can responsibly get control over all the intense, yet manageable emotional drives she has, that she will feel terrible at times, and that she will be OK too. She needs, more than anything else, parents or other important caregivers in her life to help her learn and come to see that the world is not such a scary place.

In Show Them And They Will Follow, Suruba I. Wechsler puts emphasis on the dual role of empathizing with your child’s feelings and emotions while recognizing that children need more than anything else their parents’ wisdom and courage to help learn the skills they need to live a responsible, fruitful, and happy life. The two-way communication approach within parent-child interactions builds a strong foundation for mutual respect, healthy growth, and self-esteem. It is a down-to-earth parenting approach that Show Them And They Will Follow brings to focus by empowering parents to successfully do the best they can as their children’s first teachers AND children to learn lifelong skills to meet their full potential.

In discussing adolescence, Wechsler focuses on our child's immediate gratification urge that also ties in with the sexual energy she starts to experience as she begins to feel sexually attracted to other people. As Mother Nature dictates it, these energy changes and desires are real and cannot be ignoredà The adolescent child needs our guidance to reassure her that what she is experiencing or is about to experience is quite normal and good. There is nothing wrong with her feeling these sexual emotions. Trust and honesty within a parent-child relationship is capital at this point of her life. She needs to be reassured that she can responsibly get control over all the intense, yet manageable emotional drives she has, that she will feel terrible at times, and that she will be OK too. She needs, more than anything else, parents or other important caregivers in her life to help her learn and come to see that the world is not such a scary place.